This report is intended to serve as a call-to-action for communities to bring together systems and stakeholders to improve outcomes for youth between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither enrolled in school nor participating in the labor market and to provide a high-level framework for a collective impact approach that will enable them to do so.
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Civic Engagement
Bolstering Women and Youth, Linchpins of Democracy
Philanthropy has historically underfunded women and youth. Open Society’s new $50 million investment in their engagement addresses that imbalance—and builds on recent surges in civic engagement crucial to the future of American democracy.
Art and Activism
Reimagining January 6th
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Workers' Rights
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